Device for shifting folding wall-beds through a narrow doorway.



G. W. PEEK.

DEVICE FOR SHIFTING FOLDING WALL .BEDS THROUGH A NARROW DOORWAY.

APPLICATION FILED MAY20.'I914- Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

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GEORGE WILLIS PEEK, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

DEVICE FOR SHIFTING FOLDING WALL-BEDS THROUGH A NARROW DOORWAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

Application filed May 20, 1914. Serial No. 839,875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE WILLIs PEEK,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Shifting Folding Wall-Beds Through a Narrow Doorway, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to beds which are adapted to be concealed when not in use by being moved into a closet or used in an adjacent room, or on a balcony when the open air is desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device applicable for the converting of ordinary bedsteads into collapsible beds, which is substantial, simple and economical of construction, easily attached, and adjusted to one side of an opening in a wall of less width than the width of the bed, so

that the bed may be moved through an opening to lie on either side of the wall, and the opening may be closed with doors hinged to the edges of a jamb, so as to swing in opposite direction to the other, with these and other objects in view as will appear.

My invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference for these which form a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bed as folded and mounted in accordance with my invention having part of the frame broken away in order to better disclose the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional and plan view of a partition with a doorway between two rooms showing my device in its position in one of the rooms.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The head board carrying frame is mounted on ball bearing casters 8, and is preferably formed of metal tubing of a post construction 1- said posts being connected by transverse rods 19-20, provided with vertical spindles 21. Transverse rod 20 is attached to post 1 at a suitable height above brackets -6, in order to allow the free movement of the inner end of side and end rail frame 5, as the frame swings on its pivots, said head-frame is supported by means of U-shaped supports 23, which are preferably attached to the posts 1- by means of suitable bolts or rivets 4, the lower support 3 having forward extensions. The side rail frame 5-is attached to head board carrying frame by means of pivoted mounted brackets 6, said brackets are rigidly supported by braces 7. Thus connected the frame is movable in'a vertical arc, then to a horizontal position for use. Angle iron is preferably used in the construction of the side and end frame rails, but other material and a different shape could be used, at tached to the side of a door j amb at a suitable height in the opening is vertical bracket 9 upon which a counter part link 11 is pivotally connected, by means of connecting pintle 12. At the base of counter part links 11, are eyes 14. Engaging in eyes 14 are pintles 13, formed on the extending arms 15. Arms 15 are similarly connected with vertical bracket bar 17, which is rigidly attached to supports 23 by means of rivets or bolts 18, thus a connecting and guiding complex hinge is-constructed and adapted to be attached to the door jamb or to the side wall on either side of opening.

Though I have shown and described a particular construction and arrangement of parts and form of parts, I do not wish to be limited to this particular construction and arrangement, but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claim.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is in a wall bed A collapsible bed connected with a wall having an opening comprising an up-ending bed-frame and a bedstead member, an

' having forwardextensions to which the upending bed-frame is pivoted, the forward extension forming a recess allowing the bedstead member and bed through the opening frame1 to turn illoivn on1 itijs Cgivot dendl to]O be to either side thereof.

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